From Cluj-Napoca to the Board of the Hungarian National Bank. The Career of Dr. József Judik (Cluj-Napoca, 1891 – Budapest, 1951) Cover Image

Kolozsvárról a Magyar Nemzeti Bank vezetőségébe. Dr. Judik József (Kolozsvár, 1891– Budapest, 1951) pályája
From Cluj-Napoca to the Board of the Hungarian National Bank. The Career of Dr. József Judik (Cluj-Napoca, 1891 – Budapest, 1951)

Author(s): János Buza
Subject(s): Economic history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: foreign loans and their use; currency policy; financial and credit crises; financial background of national economic plans

Summary/Abstract: József Judik (1891–1951) was born in the Kingdom of Hungary, in Cluj-Napoca, where he completed his university studies. Since Cluj-Napoca became part of Romania, Dr. József Judik moved to Budapest in 1920. He worked as a bank clerk and later became a lawyer. He received Hungarian state scholarships to study in Berlin (1917/1918) and in the United States (1930/1931, Rockefeller Foundation). From 1925, he served as an official of the Hungarian National Bank, later becoming one of its directors and an honorary professor of „Monetary Theory and Credit Policy” (1940). He published numerous studies in prestigious professional journals (Közgazdasági Szemle, Külügyi Szemle, Gazdasági Jog, Ungarisches Wirtschaftsjahrbuch, etc.); his manuscript legacy is very significant. After World War II, he was demoted and politically persecuted.

  • Issue Year: LXXXVI/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 142-155
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Hungarian
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